Diseases
Lyme disease comes from which insect?
A tick
Name one way to prevent yourself from getting a disease
Wash your hands, eat nutritious foods, get enough sleep
What kind of cells are the "soldiers" of the immune sytsem
White blood cells
Name the two MAJOR symptoms of lyme disease
Rash & joint pain
What is direct contact?
Directly touching someone else who is sick
True / false: a person can surive without an immune system
False
True / False: every tick carries lyme disease
false
What is indirect contact?
Being near someone who is sick
True or false: The immune system would also be the system that would heal wounds like a paper cut.
True
Name the medicine a person with asthma should take if they are having an asthma attack
What does contaminated food mean?
Food that has unwanted bacteria on it and gives a person food poisoning
What type of disease is it called when white blood cells are attacking healthy cells instead of germs?
Autoimmune disease
Epipen
List the last way that is missing from how diseases spread:
Direct contact- touching, high five, handshake, hug
Indirect contact- coughing, sneezing
Object contact- touching desk, doorknobs
Contaminated food- food positioning
Infected animals- ticks, mosquitos
White blood cells are also called:
leukocytes